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More info?)
Matt,
Thanks a bunch for your quick reply.
I can play numerous games over the net without issue. Joint ops, BG1942,
Madden on my PS2, etc...
I just can't get Madden on the PC to work.
I have the info I need but my problem seems to be translation.
What the manual reads and what your post reads is very informative however
it is not
what my router has as options. For example the web site indicates this:
Madden NFL 2005 Ports:
a.. HTTP: 80 (outbound only)
b.. HTTPS: 443 (outbound only)
c.. TCP: 13505, 26300-26399 (outbound only)
d.. UDP: 1795, 1797 (inbound and outbound)
Windows XP Online Game Connection Issues
If you are having problems connecting to online games and you are using
Windows XP you may have the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall enabled.
To disable this:
a.. Click on the Start button from your desktop.
b.. Next, select Settings then Control Panel.
c.. Click on the Advanced tab and uncheck the Internet Connection Firewall
option.
d.. Click OK.
e.. The options are different if you are using Windows Service Pack 2,
follow the instructions listed to disable the firewall there.
While this is great info, I can't find anywhere in my router to set a HTTPS
or HTTP port!??! It allows UDP and TCP.
Someone mentioned port forwarding but I don't have "port forwarding" as an
option either. Perhaps "virtual server"?
Also MS Firewall is set to allow Madden to run so I don't think thats the
issue and my ISP indicates that they aren't blocking
any of the ports.
I will study what you wrote and see if I can figure out how to apply it to
my router. Thanks again.
Anyone who has a DI-614+ and know the translation of this please drop me a
line.
"Matt" <usenet@jumileXV.me.uk> wrote in message
news:41d95993$0$87837$65c69314@mercury.nildram.net...
> It's not you wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me the magic trick to playing IP games on Madden?
>
> There's no trick: the manual tells you what ports have to be open to play
> online games. It's surprisingly informative, actually. Most games let you
> work it out for yourself, or require you to visit a website and pore
> through FAQs (America's Army, UT2005 and IL2/Pacific Fighters being
> examples).
>
>> I have set my PC to DMZ and that didn't even do the trick. I can connect
>> to anyone to play but they can't connect to me.
>
> Your PC should not be in a DMZ (it is as its name implies: a demilitarised
> zone that is a halfway point between safety and danger). You need to
> consider the following (I'm assuming the Dlink 614+ is an ADSL
> modem/router/firewall with an RJ11 telephone connection to the wall and an
> RJ45 network connection to your PC):
>
> 1. Does your router allow all outbound traffic from your PC to the world
> and block all inbound traffic (called inbound or ingress
> filtering/firewalling)? This is the most common setup for home users, and
> I suspect this is what you have as you're able to play Internet Madden
> games already (as a client, not a host). Assuming this is correct, all you
> need to do is allow the following ports IN: 3658/udp, 6000/udp.
>
> 2. Setup NAT (Network Address Translation). This will map your external IP
> address (usually a dynamically-assigned IP address) to your PC's internal
> network address (usually something like 192.168.0.2 - just type "ipconfig"
> in a Command Prompt).
>
> 3. Setup PAT (Port Address Translation), or port-forwarding. This will map
> external ports to the listening ports (actually the Madden software) on
> your PC. These are the ports mentioned in point 1 above.
>
> Once you've done all this (depending how much you had to do), your setup
> should now have the ability to receive traffic to the two UDP ports
> mentioned in point 1 and forward that traffic directly to the same port on
> the PC that you have Madden running on.
>
> If it's still not working, the next two obstacles are:
>
> 4. Are you using any personal firewall software (Norton, etc)? If you have
> to click an "Authorise traffic" button every time you install some new
> Internet-capable programme (MSN Messenger, mIRC, etc), then this is what
> you have. If so, you'll need to do whatever its manual tells you to do to
> allow the game to be connected to via the network. Norton 2005 has both
> personal firewall and "worm protection" - both need to be told to allow
> connections to the Madden game exectuable (they SHOULD prompt you with a
> "Allow or Deny?" type of query).
>
> 5. Are you using Windows Firewall? This is the bane of all home PC game
> servers - especially those who already have an inbound filter at their
> ADSL router (mainly because they forget about the Windows Firewall).
> You'll need to tell it that it's okay for connections coming in via the
> network card to access the Madden game executable. If you trust each PC on
> your network implicitly, have personal firewall software AND
> inbound/ingress filtering on your ADSL modem/router, then I'd personally
> disable Windows Firewall (and remember to disable it with each Service
> Pack/major patch that Microsoft releases).
>
> If that doesn't sort it all out, you have other problems. The best I can
> suggest is Google and/or EA tech support.
>
> I'm also assuming in the above that you have Madden configured to host a
> game properly, and that your gaming buddies have half a clue.
😉
>
> As an aside, if you do have a dynamic IP address from your ISP, you might
> like to consider using the free dynu.com dynamic DNS service. You run a
> client (either as an application or installed as a service) in the Tray,
> and your buddies just type in "username.dynu.com" as the host to connect
> to. So if your DynuDNS login is "porkchop", they just have to tell their
> game to connect to porkchop.dynu.com and they're away. Neat and cheap.
>
> Best of luck,
> Matt
> usenet@jumileXV.me.uk
> NB: Remove 15 from my address to reply.
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